snugglebunny
Active member
Hello Specktra members =)
I signed up for specktra, I'm not sure how long ago, but I'm still pretty new in how this site works.
I posted this up in the Swatch request but no one ever answered me, so I decided to post my own thread right here. I hope I didn't break any rules by posting almost the same post over here :durrr:
And before you start reading on, yes, I have searched so many sites for colors to the point where my head hurts.
I looked on the search part of Specktra and typed in "nude lipstick" and the list goes on. The only color I found nice was the one that MissChievous used in her Smokey Soot thread, but unfortunately L'oreal discontinued that color because it was limited edition. I looked on many other makeup forums and have not found any drugstore recommendations. Everyone is a MAC fan and user, but unfortunately I cannot get my hands on the awesome MAC because I'm still a high school student who cannot break the bank and use her parent's money constantly for something I want, not need.
When surfing the net, I did however find a lovely color Revlon SuperLustrous Pink Afterglow lipgloss on another forum. I would like to see that gloss put on lips though because swatches on arms and on lips make a huge difference. For example, when I first saw a swatch of MAC's Real Doll, I loved the color, but when I saw it on a member's lips, it looked too bright-pink-powerful for me.
I was wondering if y'all girls can recommend me a drugstore brand lipstick or liquid lipstick (no super gloss please, my lips are big already and I don't really want to end up having duck lips). Moisturizing lipsticks are also preferred so I don't end up with super flakey lips after the lipstick wears off. Also, one last thing for the preferences: I would like to have the color above-moderately pigmented. I do not prefer sheer. I'm looking mainly on above-moderate to full-coverage.
First off, I have a light Asian skin tone and I am a Fairly Light in both Everyday Minerals and Bare Minerals. My lips are a bit pinky-pigmented.
The colors I am searching for is:
1) Nude-Pink
A color to help you get an idea is on this model: http://www.angelfit.jp/index2.html
http://www.watershiny.jp/black/
I wish I can buy that lipstick but that Maybelline line is only in Asia =(
2) a cute candy pink, but not too childish or hooker color
I like the color of the girl on the right of this link:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nky11_07_1.jpg
I want the color where if you look at me, you'd think "oh my gosh that's so CUTE and adorable!" I know that sounded corny but I'm not sure how else to describe it.
3) juicy pink-orange
I'm searching for this color that is worn on a lot of Japanese and Korean girls. I'm looking for a girly happy-go-lucky type of color.
4) red lipstick
I've seen a lot of MAC swatches, but as I have stated above before, I can't afford to buy MAC lipsticks. Only less than $10 for me =(. Since I have an Asian skin tone, I'm not quite sure what shade of red is good for me. This color can wait though since I have stated before, I'm only in high school, and in no rush to look a lot older than I am (17 years old).
oh, and I know this isn't a lipstick but do any of y'all know a drugstore equivalent of NARS Orgasm? $25 is a lot to spend on blush for me
. I think I heard someone from I don't know which forum that Milani had a NARS orgasm exact-look-alike, but Milani discontinued it. I also heard that Urban Decay's Score is exactly like Orgasm, but UD is still expensive for me.
Thank y'all girls so much. I really hope I can get some recommendations(preferably swatches of the lipcolor please!). If you can swatch on both your hand/arm and also your lips, that would be wonderful, because swatches on arms looks SO different on the lips because our lips have pigment and our regular skin doesn't.
I signed up for specktra, I'm not sure how long ago, but I'm still pretty new in how this site works.
I posted this up in the Swatch request but no one ever answered me, so I decided to post my own thread right here. I hope I didn't break any rules by posting almost the same post over here :durrr:
And before you start reading on, yes, I have searched so many sites for colors to the point where my head hurts.
I looked on the search part of Specktra and typed in "nude lipstick" and the list goes on. The only color I found nice was the one that MissChievous used in her Smokey Soot thread, but unfortunately L'oreal discontinued that color because it was limited edition. I looked on many other makeup forums and have not found any drugstore recommendations. Everyone is a MAC fan and user, but unfortunately I cannot get my hands on the awesome MAC because I'm still a high school student who cannot break the bank and use her parent's money constantly for something I want, not need.
When surfing the net, I did however find a lovely color Revlon SuperLustrous Pink Afterglow lipgloss on another forum. I would like to see that gloss put on lips though because swatches on arms and on lips make a huge difference. For example, when I first saw a swatch of MAC's Real Doll, I loved the color, but when I saw it on a member's lips, it looked too bright-pink-powerful for me.
I was wondering if y'all girls can recommend me a drugstore brand lipstick or liquid lipstick (no super gloss please, my lips are big already and I don't really want to end up having duck lips). Moisturizing lipsticks are also preferred so I don't end up with super flakey lips after the lipstick wears off. Also, one last thing for the preferences: I would like to have the color above-moderately pigmented. I do not prefer sheer. I'm looking mainly on above-moderate to full-coverage.
First off, I have a light Asian skin tone and I am a Fairly Light in both Everyday Minerals and Bare Minerals. My lips are a bit pinky-pigmented.
The colors I am searching for is:
1) Nude-Pink
A color to help you get an idea is on this model: http://www.angelfit.jp/index2.html
http://www.watershiny.jp/black/
I wish I can buy that lipstick but that Maybelline line is only in Asia =(
2) a cute candy pink, but not too childish or hooker color
I like the color of the girl on the right of this link:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nky11_07_1.jpg
I want the color where if you look at me, you'd think "oh my gosh that's so CUTE and adorable!" I know that sounded corny but I'm not sure how else to describe it.
3) juicy pink-orange
I'm searching for this color that is worn on a lot of Japanese and Korean girls. I'm looking for a girly happy-go-lucky type of color.
4) red lipstick
I've seen a lot of MAC swatches, but as I have stated above before, I can't afford to buy MAC lipsticks. Only less than $10 for me =(. Since I have an Asian skin tone, I'm not quite sure what shade of red is good for me. This color can wait though since I have stated before, I'm only in high school, and in no rush to look a lot older than I am (17 years old).
oh, and I know this isn't a lipstick but do any of y'all know a drugstore equivalent of NARS Orgasm? $25 is a lot to spend on blush for me
Thank y'all girls so much. I really hope I can get some recommendations(preferably swatches of the lipcolor please!). If you can swatch on both your hand/arm and also your lips, that would be wonderful, because swatches on arms looks SO different on the lips because our lips have pigment and our regular skin doesn't.
